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Database Entry

ValleyRAT

Vendor detections: 16

Intelligence 16 IOCs 1 YARA 21 File information Comments

SHA256 hash:	970e8ab761970955e79c64c81b07e4598161cfb1d269b980f067bfe019495f6c
SHA3-384 hash:	91cc32570a116ec96e6d61e513cba1edeffb54a0898a48fc580bbc22393bb51ad160830eb8f0aad6d50f4e9dd05b5417
SHA1 hash:	7783bb9d9e56a792b326fd10bcf5ac28c283b458
MD5 hash:	ccc1f85fe6bbf4cf49c0b7df549a4119
humanhash:	autumn-lamp-burger-papa
File name:	2025-08-10ccc1f85fe6bbf4cf49c0b7df549a4119bla.exe
Download:	download sample
Signature	ValleyRAT Create hunting rule
File size:	538'112 bytes
First seen:	2025-08-10 05:10:10 UTC
Last seen:	Never
File type:	exe
MIME type:	application/x-dosexec
imphash	02e48d68f6ecdd5e746e392c3513bbbd (5 x ValleyRAT)
ssdeep	6144:ZCs3DkYlzQmcjoNwgvZjuUIKmrOwgw+xQol0XAD35m0ampO83rvdcFA:I0kY2LjoeuuUQqdjeKQG5+YV
TLSH	T1EAB46C16B3E800F9E9778239C953890AEB737C550720DB9F17A4466A6F237D0AD3E721
TrID	48.7% (.EXE) Win64 Executable (generic) (10522/11/4) 23.3% (.EXE) Win16 NE executable (generic) (5038/12/1) 9.3% (.EXE) OS/2 Executable (generic) (2029/13) 9.2% (.EXE) Generic Win/DOS Executable (2002/3) 9.2% (.EXE) DOS Executable Generic (2000/1)
Magika	pebin
Reporter	abuse_ch
Tags:	exe RAT ValleyRAT

abuse_ch

ValleyRAT C2:
43.226.17.29:1888

Indicators Of Compromise (IOCs)

Below is a list of indicators of compromise (IOCs) associated with this malware samples.

IOC	ThreatFox Reference
43.226.17.29:1888	https://threatfox.abuse.ch/ioc/1567030/

Intelligence

File Origin

# of uploads :

# of downloads :

Origin country :

Vendor Threat Intelligence

Malware family:

n/a

ID:

File name:

1bfc2ed9-e433-4e84-b2b6-289fab8d4126

Verdict:

Suspicious activity

Analysis date:

2025-08-10 04:12:55 UTC

Tags:

auto-reg

Link:

https://app.any.run/tasks/1bfc2ed9-e433-4e84-b2b6-289fab8d4126

Note:

ANY.RUN is an interactive sandbox that analyzes all user actions rather than an uploaded sample

Detection:

n/a

Link:

https://www.capesandbox.com/analysis/19935/

Detection(s):

Win.Tool.Ulise-10001984-0

Verdict:

Malicious

Score:

99.9%

Link:

https://cyber-fortress.com/docs/result/index.php?id=68981c47c633abe3908d7450

Tags:

emotet cobalt farfli

Result

Verdict:

Malware

Maliciousness:

Behaviour

Connection attempt

Enabling autorun with the standard Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run registry branch

Verdict:

Malicious

Threat level:

10/10

Confidence:

100%

Tags:

anti-vm evasive eventvwr exploit fingerprint hacktool lolbin microsoft_visual_cc msconfig obfuscated threat wsreset

Link:

https://www.filescan.io/uploads/689829d0397fd3ce6fa37851/reports/350f8562-f31d-42d3-8391-1630781fbe91/overview

Verdict:

Malicious

Labled as:

Zusy.Generic

Link:

https://www.hybrid-analysis.com/sample/970e8ab761970955e79c64c81b07e4598161cfb1d269b980f067bfe019495f6c

Malware family:

UACMe

Verdict:

Malicious

Link:

https://analyze.intezer.com/analyses/945db224-96de-4089-9899-98b76e60d4d5

Result

Threat name:

UACMe

Detection:

malicious

Classification:

expl.evad

Score:

88 / 100

Link:

https://www.joesandbox.com/analysis/1753913

Signature

Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample

Contains functionality to inject code into remote processes

Found stalling execution ending in API Sleep call

Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule)

Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file

Yara detected UAC Bypass using CMSTP

Yara detected UACMe UAC Bypass tool

Behaviour

Behavior Graph:

Download SVG

Score:

100%

Verdict:

Malware

File Type:

Link:

https://malprob.io/report/970e8ab761970955e79c64c81b07e4598161cfb1d269b980f067bfe019495f6c

Verdict:

inconclusive

YARA:

6 match(es)

Tags:

.Net Executable PDB Path PE (Portable Executable) Win 64 Exe x64

Link:

https://app.malva.re/file/ccc1f85fe6bbf4cf49c0b7df549a4119

Detection:

n/a

Link:

https://mwdb.cert.pl/sample/970e8ab761970955e79c64c81b07e4598161cfb1d269b980f067bfe019495f6c/

Verdict:

Malicious

Threat:

Trojan-Dropper.Win32.Inject

Link:

https://tip.neiki.dev/file/970e8ab761970955e79c64c81b07e4598161cfb1d269b980f067bfe019495f6c

Threat name:

Win64.Trojan.ValleyRat

Status:

Malicious

First seen:

2025-08-09 20:46:36 UTC

File Type:

PE+ (Exe)

Extracted files:

AV detection:

22 of 24 (91.67%)

Threat level:

5/5

Detection(s):

Suspicious file

Link:

https://check.spamhaus.org/check/?searchterm=s4hivn3bs4evlz44mtebwb7elgawdt5r2ju3tahqm676agkjl5wa._file

Result

Malware family:

valleyrat_s2

Score:

10/10

Tags:

family:valleyrat_s2 persistence ransomware

Link:

https://tria.ge/reports/250810-ftxsksgl7z/

Behaviour

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory

Uses Task Scheduler COM API

Uses Volume Shadow Copy WMI provider

Uses Volume Shadow Copy service COM API

Suspicious use of SetThreadContext

Adds Run key to start application

Enumerates connected drives

Malware Config

C2 Extraction:

43.226.17.29:1888
43.226.17.29:1889
43.226.17.29:1899

Verdict:

Malicious

Tags:

Win.Tool.Ulise-10001984-0

YARA:

n/a

Link:

https://app.threat.zone/submission/85df706b-682a-464c-bf49-e68abff25a7c

Unpacked files

SH256 hash:

970e8ab761970955e79c64c81b07e4598161cfb1d269b980f067bfe019495f6c

MD5 hash:

ccc1f85fe6bbf4cf49c0b7df549a4119

SHA1 hash:

7783bb9d9e56a792b326fd10bcf5ac28c283b458

Link:

https://www.unpac.me/results/a6eb6e91-9ac5-4e2b-82ce-baa0e2931349/

SH256 hash:

8bc94eaab9f28443c882586b7fd38271f543b6e2b2e04a3f449750bd800b0af0

MD5 hash:

9557f6c29dd69a1cf67d91810fffc536

SHA1 hash:

2a7665e23371a8be26a05e1e57a0cdb2209e22ad

Detections:

INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_EXE_UACBypass_CMSTPCOM

Link:

https://www.unpac.me/results/a6eb6e91-9ac5-4e2b-82ce-baa0e2931349/

Parent samples :

8979349c501e985918d443e413710cd0c6a9e1f6e6d9de0083076d2ab3ac31cb
cf417c75c8323c2f5b6d99661aac0ccfdb977a020b6c02d0170f1de350c04252
2f8caaee0056f565ff196509cec7c15e804b5a3349e0f8da20e93e889939e5cf
7fe80e04473465d9f615ff5b47b0d79e7b1b0f43cee6d249e0ca695073a5f7fa
144ef23ee12c8eea97bb470379504ba2ae30f2263b8242d5aa9e358e29234b35
589843f0267a1dfc864fd4e1d87c3aeaddea946f67d4fa5f94e319cfd09bd623
ec254c2d8a4ff02028505bf7c1eb994d24ff30d7395d2057d45f8cb9e4adfb60
78073d05ad9332199eea1f51bc30ae648745d4fe2e725f1ffca0d164369822f9
a5d58182d5e4d5c1452d7d39dd2261c0fd78363cc5ec9772cb3b681238781958
970e8ab761970955e79c64c81b07e4598161cfb1d269b980f067bfe019495f6c
6e077a0d195558a6dbe2f78349db94ccddff1513a92288b9a1408256267560e7
c16ba051fe48b6f157f2bd2fe580ded19982122b56b55b1342163f064db7dedb
f320b0222a719de0b9b5c67fc856f391ae3a6af171205b8373914e63eed11ff8

Please note that we are no longer able to provide a coverage score for Virus Total.

Threat name:

Malicious File

Score:

1.00

Link:

https://yomi.yoroi.company/submissions/970e8ab761970955e79c64c81b07e4598161cfb1d269b980f067bfe019495f6c

YARA Signatures

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Rule name:	Check_OutputDebugStringA_iat Create hunting rule

Rule name:	cobalt_strike_tmp01925d3f Create hunting rule
Author:	The DFIR Report
Description:	files - file ~tmp01925d3f.exe
Reference:	https://thedfirreport.com

Rule name:	DebuggerCheck__API Create hunting rule
Reference:	https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara

Rule name:	DebuggerCheck__QueryInfo Create hunting rule
Reference:	https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara

Rule name:	dgaagas Create hunting rule
Author:	Harshit
Description:	Uses certutil.exe to download a file named test.txt

Rule name:	golang_bin_JCorn_CSC846 Create hunting rule
Author:	Justin Cornwell
Description:	CSC-846 Golang detection ruleset

Rule name:	ICMLuaUtil_UACMe_M41 Create hunting rule
Author:	Marius 'f0wL' Genheimer <hello@dissectingmalwa.re>
Description:	A Yara rule for UACMe Method 41 -> ICMLuaUtil Elevated COM interface
Reference:	https://github.com/hfiref0x/UACME

Rule name:	Indicator_MiniDumpWriteDump Create hunting rule
Author:	Obscurity Labs LLC
Description:	Detects PE files and PowerShell scripts that use MiniDumpWriteDump either through direct imports or string references

Rule name:	INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_EXE_UACBypass_CMSTPCOM Create hunting rule
Author:	ditekSHen
Description:	Detects Windows exceutables bypassing UAC using CMSTP COM interfaces. MITRE (T1218.003)

Rule name:	malware_shellcode_hash Create hunting rule
Author:	JPCERT/CC Incident Response Group
Description:	detect shellcode api hash value

Rule name:	MD5_Constants Create hunting rule
Author:	phoul (@phoul)
Description:	Look for MD5 constants

Rule name:	NET Create hunting rule
Author:	malware-lu

Rule name:	pe_detect_tls_callbacks Create hunting rule

Rule name:	Sus_Obf_Enc_Spoof_Hide_PE Create hunting rule
Author:	XiAnzheng
Description:	Check for Overlay, Obfuscating, Encrypting, Spoofing, Hiding, or Entropy Technique(can create FP)

Rule name:	ThreadControl__Context Create hunting rule
Reference:	https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara

Rule name:	ValleyRAT Create hunting rule
Author:	NDA0E
Description:	Detects ValleyRAT

Rule name:	Windows_Generic_Threat_3055c14a Create hunting rule
Author:	Elastic Security

File information

The table below shows additional information about this malware sample such as delivery method and external references.

Cape

https://www.capesandbox.com/analysis/19935/

BLint

The following table provides more information about this file using BLint. BLint is a Binary Linter to check the security properties, and capabilities in executables.

Findings

ID	Title	Severity
CHECK_AUTHENTICODE	Missing Authenticode	high
CHECK_DLL_CHARACTERISTICS	Missing dll Security Characteristics (GUARD_CF)	high

Reviews

ID	Capabilities	Evidence
COM_BASE_API	Can Download & Execute components	ole32.dll::CreateStreamOnHGlobal
GDI_PLUS_API	Interfaces with Graphics	gdiplus.dll::GdiplusStartup gdiplus.dll::GdiplusShutdown gdiplus.dll::GdipGetImageEncoders gdiplus.dll::GdipGetImageEncodersSize gdiplus.dll::GdipDeleteGraphics gdiplus.dll::GdipAlloc
MULTIMEDIA_API	Can Play Multimedia	WINMM.dll::timeGetTime
WIN32_PROCESS_API	Can Create Process and Threads	KERNEL32.dll::CreateProcessA KERNEL32.dll::OpenProcess KERNEL32.dll::VirtualAllocEx KERNEL32.dll::WriteProcessMemory KERNEL32.dll::CloseHandle KERNEL32.dll::CreateThread
WIN_BASE_API	Uses Win Base API	KERNEL32.dll::TerminateProcess KERNEL32.dll::LoadLibraryW KERNEL32.dll::LoadLibraryExW KERNEL32.dll::GetSystemInfo KERNEL32.dll::GetStartupInfoW KERNEL32.dll::GetCommandLineW KERNEL32.dll::GetCommandLineA
WIN_BASE_EXEC_API	Can Execute other programs	KERNEL32.dll::WriteConsoleW KERNEL32.dll::ReadConsoleW KERNEL32.dll::SetStdHandle KERNEL32.dll::GetConsoleWindow KERNEL32.dll::GetConsoleMode KERNEL32.dll::GetConsoleOutputCP
WIN_BASE_IO_API	Can Create Files	KERNEL32.dll::CreateDirectoryW KERNEL32.dll::CreateFileW KERNEL32.dll::DeleteFileW KERNEL32.dll::GetSystemDirectoryA KERNEL32.dll::FindFirstFileW KERNEL32.dll::RemoveDirectoryW
WIN_REG_API	Can Manipulate Windows Registry	ADVAPI32.dll::RegOpenKeyExW ADVAPI32.dll::RegQueryValueExW ADVAPI32.dll::RegSetValueExW
WIN_SOCK_API	Uses Network to send and receive data	WS2_32.dll::WSACloseEvent WS2_32.dll::WSACreateEvent WS2_32.dll::WSAEnumNetworkEvents WS2_32.dll::WSAEventSelect WS2_32.dll::WSAIoctl WS2_32.dll::WSAResetEvent
WIN_USER_API	Performs GUI Actions	USER32.dll::PeekMessageW

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